Ok so I bought 3 amber led's from http://superbrightleds.com I just got them in today so I put them in and here's the result of my $9.77 investment. I'm pretty disappointed with how they turned out but I still like it better then just plain old white. Notice how its brighter in some spots then others so I'm thinking of just getting amber bulbs instead because I was hoping that this would turn out bright but instead it turned out Gay...

 

Should of just gotten oem Amber 194 replacements. Mines let up bright and orange (amber yO) now. But anything is better than stock. I don't think the LEDs are that great because their beam in concentrated instead of spread out like regular bulbs. Since the main parts of the cluster shares 3 bulbs, LEDs could be inefficient.

 

get sand paper and scuff up the LED all around, this should help spread the light instead of it concentrating straight ahead, if this doesn't help anymore, you can try sanding the tip of the LED flat instead of domed how it is.

 

did you just buy LED's or did you get 194 LED bulbs?

 

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im pretty sure you can only put 194's in there, i bought some from autozone and they looks fine to me.

 

I bought the 194 led's is like 4 led's in one instead of just one bulb. I'll try that sanding thing out but I'm gonna take the 194 turn signal amber bulbs I got and put them in to see if I want to just go with amber's or not. here's the link to the specs on the bulbs http://superbrightleds.com/specs/bulb_specs.htm

 

i think the single LED bulb would've worked better, could be wrong

 

bulbs are better here because you're looking for light diffusion, which is not what LEDs are made for.

 

some of LED is very bright and spray well. some of LED isnt. just very bright one spot. btw what is good for amber looking? what kind bulb? i was getting red bulb from WAL-MART .heh

 

I bought two red bulb replacements and painted the 3rd (cause they only had 2 of the red left)....I love it, it is much easier to see at night....not as glaring.

 

I just put my super white led in 10 mins ago heres what they look like...Your rite they dont have an even light all around...i mite try sand paper like u said...but iono i like em...its better then the greenish white i can live with it..

 

Man I was just going to buy the 6 led ones. I guess not, looks like I'm gonna go get some new 194 amber bulbs since mine are getting dull.

 

use some cotton ***** and spread it out pretty finely... you should get an even spread

 

what u mean cotton *****??? explain a little more...

 

you know when you pull apart cottonballs to get the spiderweb effect during halloween? do the samething for the led's

 

ok gotcha...ill try it thanks!

 

so your saying to get "actual cotten *****" and spread them out in the cluster? I'm guessing your saying this so that the light will catch the cotten and thus give the illumination a more spread out look.

 

haha.... dude, I know how you feel. I am a victim too.....

But you know what, I didn't buy them cheap 9.00 LEDs.

I bought two sets of JDM PIAA 4LED bulbs to put in my Gauges thinking they would be damn brighter.... like 40bucks for two pairs.

I got the same shitty results as you, LEDS don't shine all around in the Cluster housing and got some bright and dim areas like yours.

I'll Give you a tip.... I just ended up switching to Raybrig Super White Halogens, Much better, and super bright!

 

the white LED looks cleaner

 

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correct

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by iwannaboostmyteg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">so your saying to get "actual cotten *****" and spread them out in the cluster? I'm guessing your saying this so that the light will catch the cotten and thus give the illumination a more spread out look.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Has anyone tried this yet? Does it really spread the light out good?

 

yeah dude you shouldnt of gotten leds, you should of stuck with regular amber bulbs

 

just get bulbs, much better results



can't really see the change in lighting in person

 

Not amber but red 194 bulbs at auto zone





Modified by HeyMikeyyyy at 3:56 AM 9/14/2004

 

damn..that looks good....is that same thing from WAL-MART??